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nor the obama administration has been straight with the american public about that and finally we are responsible long with other nations for creating the very people against whom we are now fighting these were all allies of the united states and its allies during the one nine hundred eighty s. we haven't been straight with the american public why what we have created which evolved in some cases into parts of which evolved into al qaeda and which are we trying to dismantle that can you tell me what the war on terror looks like through the eyes of the taliban. no one's ever asked me that very good question very interesting question when i was a newspaper reporter in afghanistan in the one nine hundred eighty s. new york times when we were tied with some of the members of the taliban today we called them the mujahideen which means holy warriors the taliban told me that we are the sons and the grandsons of the mujahideen when i was captured by the taliban and when i was in prison i had to listen for hours and hours and hours to taliban recruitment tapes and suicide recruitment tapes they
nor the obama administration has been straight with the american public about that and finally we are responsible long with other nations for creating the very people against whom we are now fighting these were all allies of the united states and its allies during the one nine hundred eighty s. we haven't been straight with the american public why what we have created which evolved in some cases into parts of which evolved into al qaeda and which are we trying to dismantle that can you tell me...
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administration quietly let it be known that the u.s. would be sending troops to thirty five african nations so america is not content with being five or six wars they want to be in thirty five wars plus ok so only a few months prior to this secretary of state hillary clinton warned of a certain nations colonizing africa of course i think everyone knows was who she was talking about let's talk about this didn't collins. yeah this is the the china ad story is really interesting issue that's not getting too much press that china has basically replaced the west in africa they have built so many idle power projects a lot of rail if you ask anybody in africa leadership or african themselves africa themselves they are very happy with what's going on with the china african relationship the synergies there are so good you know africa has resources china needs resources after the needs consumer products but they need sewer products it change price points not western price points so chinese consumer goods are huge you know a hit into africa or the
administration quietly let it be known that the u.s. would be sending troops to thirty five african nations so america is not content with being five or six wars they want to be in thirty five wars plus ok so only a few months prior to this secretary of state hillary clinton warned of a certain nations colonizing africa of course i think everyone knows was who she was talking about let's talk about this didn't collins. yeah this is the the china ad story is really interesting issue that's not...
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continuing into the obama administration and then when you slam whistleblowers like this not only are you forcing them to choose between their conscience and their career but you're choosing them to choose and sacrifice their very freedom it is not consonant with a democratic society that is supposed to be open and transparent to have this much secrecy and this kind of crackdown on people who are speaking truth to power of course is the technology becomes bigger that's going to be more they're going to seize upon more more i just want to have about a minute left but you've also been very vocal about bradley manning. i went to the event that you were speaking at another pretrial hearing just just happened from yesterday can you give us a quick update on what was determined. basically yesterday most significantly judge lindh ruled on bradley manning's article thirteen. basically the torture hearing and found that he was subject to unlawful pretrial confinement conditions but that nobody meant to do it or intended to do it and therefore he got a four month sentencing credit which may see
continuing into the obama administration and then when you slam whistleblowers like this not only are you forcing them to choose between their conscience and their career but you're choosing them to choose and sacrifice their very freedom it is not consonant with a democratic society that is supposed to be open and transparent to have this much secrecy and this kind of crackdown on people who are speaking truth to power of course is the technology becomes bigger that's going to be more they're...
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and other obama administration officials have announced is that it's time for him to start seriously considering a democratic election where the people choose somebody else the fact is that karzai has been in power for over twelve years now and he's still going is there forced retirement on the u.s. part do they even have a hand to force his retirement and will president karzai release the reins so freely all it needs. to do all he needs to do is basically manipulate the constitution and i'm getting one of the observers who is talking about the situation in afghanistan and most likely a lot of people see him doing so is he going to do so i think the u.s. does not want to see again stand does not want to see its role in afghanistan being manipulated as such why. but at the same time they're looking at the alternatives and the alternatives do not look very promising maybe at this point in afghanistan so it's it's very complicated twenty fourteen is going to be. maybe the challenge for the u.s. diplomacy in the you know in twenty four team and another thing that we heard today that was
and other obama administration officials have announced is that it's time for him to start seriously considering a democratic election where the people choose somebody else the fact is that karzai has been in power for over twelve years now and he's still going is there forced retirement on the u.s. part do they even have a hand to force his retirement and will president karzai release the reins so freely all it needs. to do all he needs to do is basically manipulate the constitution and i'm...
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. >> rose: is there difference what the bush administration did and what the obama administration does. >> obama administration does not enhance in interrogation techniques or the -- it ended during the bush administration. the obama administration has other stories. they engage in drone attacks. but torture has been a no-go. >> rose: raising some questions about what drone attacks are. it is called the killing of so is ma bin laden. did torture play a role in finding osama bin laden and killing him. >> yes it did. it played a role it didn't play a key role but definitely speaking specifically, the fact that there was this fellow called ahmed from kuwait surfaced in a number of the early coercive interrogations. at the time the interrogators and the c.i.a. didn't know who that was in particular so i would have to say the most important piece of information and i don't know how we obtained it exactly was connecting that from kuwait to a real person ahmed. that was really the key. so i think those who argue that the hunt for bin laden really gained traction when we attach that name to a
. >> rose: is there difference what the bush administration did and what the obama administration does. >> obama administration does not enhance in interrogation techniques or the -- it ended during the bush administration. the obama administration has other stories. they engage in drone attacks. but torture has been a no-go. >> rose: raising some questions about what drone attacks are. it is called the killing of so is ma bin laden. did torture play a role in finding osama...
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i do want to make clear though that there has been a very fundamental shift under the obama administration i mean we should recall that in the windies of the clinton administration united states did sign on to the i.c.c. in an unprecedented move president bush signed us from the room statute and under the obama administration we've actually been cooperating with the i.c.c. that is very different in the stands for. using drones while using these drones killing people the u.s. wants to join the i.c.c. george jump in the united states is more than happy to cooperate with the i.c.c. when the i.c.c. is indicting and prosecuting adversaries of the united states of course it was absolutely delighted when the i.c.c. took on the case of gaddafi and then issued its indictment of gaddafi without any proper investigation and in due course moreno ocampo put out the most nonsensical propaganda stick statements of the americans such as gaddafi was. feeding his men with in order to commit rape so yes of course the united states is happy to cooperate when it goes after its adversaries but there is when you
i do want to make clear though that there has been a very fundamental shift under the obama administration i mean we should recall that in the windies of the clinton administration united states did sign on to the i.c.c. in an unprecedented move president bush signed us from the room statute and under the obama administration we've actually been cooperating with the i.c.c. that is very different in the stands for. using drones while using these drones killing people the u.s. wants to join the...
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the american government -- the obama administration is trying to do what it can to stabilize things, but it lost a lot of influence with the departure of american forces. one thing that the american forces did get in the united states is more clout inside of iraq. >> host: talk about the release of a man accused of killing american soldiers. this issue that you write about in your book, "the endgame," but also some news that came out in november about the release of ali. >> guest: there's been a number of events that i think have worked against the american interest in iraq. that duke is one of them. she is an iraqi come he is a lebanese who was sent into iraq at the behest of the american courts because hezbollah is supported by iran. for the purposes of training of the shiite militia who were fighting the american troops, and he was captured along with a number of the shiite militia leaders in the rate connected in basra by the brits in which there's an american presence held in detention by the united states. but then under the status of forces agreement he was handed over to the
the american government -- the obama administration is trying to do what it can to stabilize things, but it lost a lot of influence with the departure of american forces. one thing that the american forces did get in the united states is more clout inside of iraq. >> host: talk about the release of a man accused of killing american soldiers. this issue that you write about in your book, "the endgame," but also some news that came out in november about the release of ali....
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the obama administration was going to be that transcendent administration. that brought us all together. that is why president obama earned the white house. because he said he was going the great uniter. remember that beautiful inauguration address? it was glorious where he said to conservatives, i want to listen to you especially when we disagree. okay. nice, beautiful. beautiful idea. and he was going meet with conservatives in congress once a week, that was a great idea two. he meet twice. twice, two times. three days after the beautiful speech, the conservatives in congress came to the white house and they had a meeting and eric can cantor, are techlated the conservative perspective on increasing taxes we shouldn't do that. and you know what obama said three days after i want to listen to you? he said eric, i won, you lost, i trump you on that. then about a week later, he said i want the folks who got us in to the mess to do less talking. and a lot more listening. you can talk a little bit. i want you to stay on the sidelines while we try to clean it up
the obama administration was going to be that transcendent administration. that brought us all together. that is why president obama earned the white house. because he said he was going the great uniter. remember that beautiful inauguration address? it was glorious where he said to conservatives, i want to listen to you especially when we disagree. okay. nice, beautiful. beautiful idea. and he was going meet with conservatives in congress once a week, that was a great idea two. he meet twice....
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but today was the day that the obama administration made the single biggest play to define what comes next. today, he nominated chuck hagel, in doing, he nominated the first vietnam veteran. >> he understands that sending young americans to fight and bleed in the dirt and mud, that is something we only do when it is absolutely necessary. my frame of reference, he has said, is geared to the guy at the bottom who is doing the fighting and the dying. with chuck, our troops will always know just like sergeant hagel was there for his own brother, secretary hagel will be there for you. and finally, chuck represents the bipartisan tradition that we need more of in washington. for his independence, and commitment to consensus, he has earned the respect of national security and military leaders, republicans and democrats, including me. >> hagel will be the third republican secretary of defense appointed by the last two democratic presidents. william cohen, and bob gates, re-appointed by president obama in 2009. and chuck hagel is a republican senator from nebraska. the republican committee is
but today was the day that the obama administration made the single biggest play to define what comes next. today, he nominated chuck hagel, in doing, he nominated the first vietnam veteran. >> he understands that sending young americans to fight and bleed in the dirt and mud, that is something we only do when it is absolutely necessary. my frame of reference, he has said, is geared to the guy at the bottom who is doing the fighting and the dying. with chuck, our troops will always know...
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you know i mean there's been a lot of very interesting decisions that the obama administration has made some i agree with and some i don't i think this is very mixed signals i'm a bit disappointed in the rush to nominate nominate him but you know i don't know all the details all i can say is i don't believe it's good for the equity markets and for the small and medium sized business world to perform where we needed to perform to get this kind of going in the right direction to increase g.d.p. growth to increase the belief in the american currency again and so we see you know we shall see and then finally we have just about a minute left but i have to ask you this obviously i'm timothy geithner took a few punches here and there in his day from all sides of the industry is then called to fail or out in chief and what not but i have to ask you he was it love him or hate him moving the industry in the right direction in terms of regulation so are we going to lose that momentum with with jack's nomination here i you know again do this that's a jets of the that's a job that that was very diff
you know i mean there's been a lot of very interesting decisions that the obama administration has made some i agree with and some i don't i think this is very mixed signals i'm a bit disappointed in the rush to nominate nominate him but you know i don't know all the details all i can say is i don't believe it's good for the equity markets and for the small and medium sized business world to perform where we needed to perform to get this kind of going in the right direction to increase g.d.p....
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of his administration because when you reflect the public you're probably making decisions that the public agrees with. so i hope he continues to look for the most qualified people in america whatever their gender whatever their ethnicity. simply because if he gets the best, and he looks out for that diversity, we're going to have a talented group of people serving us. i think the people by the way that he has so far named to fill some of these post that is have been vacatered extremely talented. chuck hagel as far as i know is isn't minority or female but he is extremely qualified. vietnam veth, a warrior, a patriot, someone who is no nonsense. i think he is a proven leader and can do a great job. you don't have to be minority or a female to be able to serve in this cabinet and do well. i think everyone should have an opportunity and i think the president is going to make sure he gets talented folks from every walk of life. >> ten minutes left. >> to follow up on that based on a lot of chrisism about hagel's nomination obviously in the house you don't have so much of a say but were
of his administration because when you reflect the public you're probably making decisions that the public agrees with. so i hope he continues to look for the most qualified people in america whatever their gender whatever their ethnicity. simply because if he gets the best, and he looks out for that diversity, we're going to have a talented group of people serving us. i think the people by the way that he has so far named to fill some of these post that is have been vacatered extremely...
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i think the obama administration has been a doing a good job of rebalancing on most of the aspect. what do i mean by that? they have done a lot of little things and died -- tied them together with rhetoric and i'm glad for that. i don't want to see us go toward excessive confrontation. do i think apiecement necessary? no. and the sense that i think we have very strong allies in the region, we have a lot of economic and strategic strength china doesn't have. the population trajectory and the openness of the political system and what it does to make the american economy a haven for investment classer even though china is the top world manufacturer. there a lot of ways you go down the list. when you compare the two you can see the american strengths enduring and you compare the allies terrorist no reason for us to think we need to shrink back. i would worry a lot about the potential dispute unnecessary over issues like the islands. and let me give you one concrete example. it's not meant to be an inviation. if they do something dumb and seize one or if they again try to, you know, pla
i think the obama administration has been a doing a good job of rebalancing on most of the aspect. what do i mean by that? they have done a lot of little things and died -- tied them together with rhetoric and i'm glad for that. i don't want to see us go toward excessive confrontation. do i think apiecement necessary? no. and the sense that i think we have very strong allies in the region, we have a lot of economic and strategic strength china doesn't have. the population trajectory and the...
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. >> rose: is there difference what the bush administration did and what the obama administration does. >> obama administration does not enhance in interrogation techniques or the -- it ended during the bush administration. the obama administration has other stories. they engage in drone attacks. but torture has been a no-go. >> rose: raising some questions about what drone attacks are. it is called the killing of so is ma bin laden. did torture play a role in finding osama bin laden and killing him. >> yes, it did. it played a role, it didn't play a key role but definitely speaking specifically, the fact that there was this fellow called ahmed from kuwait surfaced in a number of the early coercive interrogations. at the time the interrogators and the c.i.a. didn't know who that was in particular so i would have to say the most important piece of information, and i don't know how we obtained it exactly was connecting that from kuwait to a real person ahmed. that was really the key. so i think those who argue that the hunt for bin laden really gained traction when we attach that name to
. >> rose: is there difference what the bush administration did and what the obama administration does. >> obama administration does not enhance in interrogation techniques or the -- it ended during the bush administration. the obama administration has other stories. they engage in drone attacks. but torture has been a no-go. >> rose: raising some questions about what drone attacks are. it is called the killing of so is ma bin laden. did torture play a role in finding osama...
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are we still engaged in these tactics, the obama administration says no. and you're signaling to the enemy what we have been willing to do in the past and i think that's a dangerous thing. >> judicial watch sued to get access, freedom of information act, access to the death photos of osama bin laden. >> yes, they did. and in my view, they'll often do anything for a story, whether they're going to get that access or not. >> jon: should they? >> i don't think so, actually. >> jon: why not? >> why? because i think that we have a lot of secrets in our government and i'm not so sure that that one is going to do the united states any good. >> jon: judy? >> i would normally be against what ellen just said, but given the fact that there's so much in this administration that is being kept secret, i would rather go after other things that are, i think, of more immediate interest than benefits the american people. >> jon: jim? >> i would keep it secret, which is not the same as saying it will stay secret because after all, there's more hollywood movies to be made, ri
are we still engaged in these tactics, the obama administration says no. and you're signaling to the enemy what we have been willing to do in the past and i think that's a dangerous thing. >> judicial watch sued to get access, freedom of information act, access to the death photos of osama bin laden. >> yes, they did. and in my view, they'll often do anything for a story, whether they're going to get that access or not. >> jon: should they? >> i don't think so, actually....
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is the obama administration drawing up strict gun controlat. first, the guns are still firing despite a new peace offering from syria's president. ♪ ♪ make you feel alive. meet the five-passenger ford c-max hybrid. c-max says ha. c-max says wheeee. which is what you get, don't you see? cause c-max has lots more horsepower than prius v, a hybrid that c-max also bests in mpg. say hi to the all-new 47 combined mpg c-max hybrid. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help save you up to thousands in out-of-pocket costs. call today to request a free decision guide. with these types of plans, you'll be able to visit any doctor or hospital that accepts medicare patients... plus, there are no networks, and you'll never need a referral to see a specialist. join the millions who have already enrolled in the only
is the obama administration drawing up strict gun controlat. first, the guns are still firing despite a new peace offering from syria's president. ♪ ♪ make you feel alive. meet the five-passenger ford c-max hybrid. c-max says ha. c-max says wheeee. which is what you get, don't you see? cause c-max has lots more horsepower than prius v, a hybrid that c-max also bests in mpg. say hi to the all-new 47 combined mpg c-max hybrid. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about...
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and even know the obama administration kind of declared war on peacocks in this announcement yesterday, it is worth wondering if they might not actually be better off if they did strut on these issues a little bit more than they like to, because you would never know it from the way the deficit peacocks are crowing against this administration, but the deficit is now more than $200 billion smaller than it was when president obama first took office. we are currently witnessing the fastest deficit reduction in this country since the end of world war ii. the alleged big spending liberal barack obama has already signed into law approximately $2.4 trillion deficit reduction measures over the next decade. and that could be higher, except for the deficit peacocks on the other side of the aisle in congress keep balking at ideas like cap and trade and the dream act and closing tax loopholes, all of which would reduce the debt and the deficit. and all of which are policies that republicans used to like until president barack obama said that he liked them too, and then they turned against their own
and even know the obama administration kind of declared war on peacocks in this announcement yesterday, it is worth wondering if they might not actually be better off if they did strut on these issues a little bit more than they like to, because you would never know it from the way the deficit peacocks are crowing against this administration, but the deficit is now more than $200 billion smaller than it was when president obama first took office. we are currently witnessing the fastest deficit...
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he's former white house deputy secretary for the obama administration. he's co-founder of priorities usa political action committee and he's a good sport who rushed over here when we suddenly changed the time at which he needed to arrive. thank you for hustling over here. i really appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> is this a punch the hippie moment? is the white house concerned by the critique of drones from the left or do they share any of the aspects of that critique? >> well, even if you just take this back a step from talking about whether we're just talking about the left who has a critique or the american people who have a right to know certain things about what the government is doing, i think it's worth noting that the cia is accountable and they are accountable to congress and anytime congress wants to have a conversation with the head of the cia they bring him down and have a conversation with him. sometimes those conversations are open. sometimes those conversations are not. but congress does have oversight legally over what the cia is
he's former white house deputy secretary for the obama administration. he's co-founder of priorities usa political action committee and he's a good sport who rushed over here when we suddenly changed the time at which he needed to arrive. thank you for hustling over here. i really appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> is this a punch the hippie moment? is the white house concerned by the critique of drones from the left or do they share any of the aspects of that critique?...
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this week we got a peek at the obama administration's second-term priorities, at home and abroad. look for more disputes over the economy, foreign policy, defense cuts and gun control in the weeks to come. but for now, we take measure of the combatants. first, new treasury secretary jack lew -- a veteran of the clinton and obama white houses - who will succeed timothy geithner. >> jack has my complete trust. i know i'm not alone in that. in the words of one former senator, "having lew on your team is the equivalent as a coach of having the luxury of putting somebody at almost any position and knowing he will do well." gwen: so what does lew's appointment tell the senators who must confirm him about what comes next in our epic budget fights? david? >> i think it tells us that the president anticipates that this year will be a year dealing with taxes and spending and deficits. it will be the fifth year in which we have a trillion dollar deficit and jack lew has been budget director in two administrations. unlike timothy geithner, he has very little experience in finance. that was ge
this week we got a peek at the obama administration's second-term priorities, at home and abroad. look for more disputes over the economy, foreign policy, defense cuts and gun control in the weeks to come. but for now, we take measure of the combatants. first, new treasury secretary jack lew -- a veteran of the clinton and obama white houses - who will succeed timothy geithner. >> jack has my complete trust. i know i'm not alone in that. in the words of one former senator, "having...
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also the obama administration is going to have its way on a lot of things. they put barack obama in they got it now they deserve them. they will be punished for what they have been in. what is going to come out of obama care. what are they going to believe when they go to doctor's offices. there are all sorts of things coming. and we will. i think people will say we need to deserve better we need to do better. >> at the end of the next four years at a minimum social security shave a path with bankruptcy and minimum of $20 trillion in debt. we have had tough times before we have been through a depression a civil war two world wars a war on terrorism more recently but seems to me when every child is born owes the minute they take their breath 203,000 dollars that's a difficult mathematical equation for me to over come. >> what is your suggestion? throw in the towel. >> what i am saying is i want -- i don't want pail pass tells i want bold color differences. i have not seen enough bold colored differences. i don't want republicans to be the party light. it has
also the obama administration is going to have its way on a lot of things. they put barack obama in they got it now they deserve them. they will be punished for what they have been in. what is going to come out of obama care. what are they going to believe when they go to doctor's offices. there are all sorts of things coming. and we will. i think people will say we need to deserve better we need to do better. >> at the end of the next four years at a minimum social security shave a path...
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the obama administration has left open the possibility of removing all u.s. troops from afghanistan once combat operations in 2014. on tuesday, deputy national security adviser ben rhodes told reporters the white house has not ruled out a zero option policy, rather than other proposals to leave up to 20,000 troops behind. president obama is scheduled to discuss post-2014 troop levels with afghan president karzai later this week. the united nations' world food program continues to warn its been unable to meet the demands of the millions of syrians who require assistance. the u.n. is currently feeding some 1.5 million people in syria, but around 2.5 million are believed to be in need. on tuesday, a spokesperson for u.n. secretary-general ban ki- moon said aid workers have been unable to reach less than half of those requiring food aid. >> humanitarian partners continue to reach hundreds of thousands of people in syria. road closures, fuel shortages, and lack of access to conflict affected areas. since the beginning of january, the world food program has reached
the obama administration has left open the possibility of removing all u.s. troops from afghanistan once combat operations in 2014. on tuesday, deputy national security adviser ben rhodes told reporters the white house has not ruled out a zero option policy, rather than other proposals to leave up to 20,000 troops behind. president obama is scheduled to discuss post-2014 troop levels with afghan president karzai later this week. the united nations' world food program continues to warn its been...